Sunday, February 13, 2005

This shot was taken at Sam's Place on 21st Avenue in Nashville. It is a cosmopolitan, of course. Yummy Stoli vodka and cranberrry juice, with a lime. Gotta love that. It is so fu-fu, and you know I don't drink it. But in mixed company, you are bound to have one floating around. Thank God it makes for good photographs.

This glass was handheld up close to the light over the table to let the color of the drink shine through. In the background, to the far left, there is a traffic light with all three (green, yellow, red) lights lit up. To the right of it, a Tennessee Titans logo shines brightly.

Anyway, this was with the trusty ol' crappy 50mm f/1.8 lens. You know, bars are very dark, so be amazed at these settings. ISO 100 with a shutter speed of 1/60th of a second. Pretty sweet, huh? No pixelation or distortion at all. Gotta love that. Plus the person that was holding it had a lot of vodka, bless her heart. Well, enjoy.

Wes Aldridge

Wes Aldridge is a commercial photographer based in Nashville, TN.

About Me

I've worked as a professional photographer since 2005 when I graduated from college. I took my first job as a staff photographer traveling for a magazine publishing company. Now, I am independent and work on projects including advertising, PR, portraiture and music promo.

Currently, my work is revolving around music and commercial photography. I've been a guitar player since middle school, so naturally I'm drawn to photograph something I love dearly. I've been fortunate enough to work with several major label recording artists over the past few years, as well as plenty of independent artists.

My main focus is photography, but I've done a good bit of writing professionally as well. I wrote music for Billboard Magazine, covered college football for The Associated Press, did PR writing for Tennessee Titans football players, and have been published in many local Nashville media outlets.

My studio is located in East Nashville. I'm available to shoot there or on location.

Feel free to email me if you have a job inquiry, or just want to say hello!